Ice Cream: Way or No Way?
Ice cream..Way or No way?
If way, what is your favorite flavor? Do you have a favorite brand or place you like to go out for ice cream or do you prefer to make your own? And how do you like to eat it...cone (waffle, sugar, etc), or in a bowl? Do you like toppings?
Me...I LOVE ice cream, and am therefore a WAY!
Although I pretty much love any flavor, except some..bubble gum (yuck), my favorite flavors are coffee, mint chocolate chip, and Ben&Jerry's chunky monkey. With the coffee and mint chocolate chip I don't have a favorite store brand. But we have a local ice cream place here, Glacier where Ilove to go. Ice cream is always in a bowl or cup, with a mini spoon. And no toppings for me please!! So what about you eaters??
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35 Comments:
i love huge sunday's but now i can't eat sugar so i have found eddy's no sugar added ice cream bars are pretty damm tasty.
dearrie at 8:04PM on 01/09/09
In the Ben & Jerry category: Pfish food
But mostly making my own and I'm a purist so a really good vanilla, chocolate or strawberry made with real vanilla bean, eggs - just a basic great custard is my idea of heaven...and no toppings either!
Nonny at 8:15PM on 01/09/09
I just finished off a bowl that was half Kroger's Butterfinger and half their Death By Chocolate.
Yeah, I'll take what I can get ...
LunaPierCook at 8:18PM on 01/09/09
Is there anyone who doesn't like ice cream? I like just about any kind, but my favorite is called "Cream and Coffee Fudge" from a local milk and convenience chain called "Stewart's".
dmcavanagh at 8:20PM on 01/09/09
OMG, ice cream rocks my socks. I don't think I've met an ice cream I didn't like. I get sentimental for those dollar scoops at Thrifty from my youth, but as for supermarket finds, I really like the ice cream in the Edy's Slow Churned line. Their American Idol limited editions have all been delicious :). I could go on and on...
runnereater at 8:26PM on 01/09/09
There's a soft ice cream made by a place near me called FlavrBurst... basic vanilla but with a ribbon of flavoured "goo" around each of the spoked edges of the swirl. Divine... and so many flavours to pick!
jo_jo_ba at 8:39PM on 01/09/09
I recently had the pleasure of tasting Jeni's Ice cream in Columbus, OH http://jenisicecreams.com/ and ice cream will never be the same for me again! I am going to do my best to get close to her flavors, but not sure I'll ever be able to make it THAT good, this is ice cream worth traveling and paying a premium for!
My favorite flavors so far are Queen City Cayenne--milk chocolate with cayenne. Gravel Road--salty caramel ice cream with smoked almonds. And Thai Chili Krema Peanut Butter, with toasted coconut, cayenne and coconut milk.
bobcatsteph3 at 9:03PM on 01/09/09
I just responded to that other post about not being a big fan of sweets. This is going to make me look like a liar. That being said, I don't mind ice cream, but I eat it very rarely. So rarely in fact that I only eat it with my boyfriend when I go to visit him.
There's this brand of ice cream called Blue Bell that is only sold in the south. It's ... amazing. It's so creamy and yummy and decadent. I'm almost glad they don't sell it here in Los Angeles. The best Blue Bell flavors, as far as I'm concerned, are homemade vanilla, buttered pecan, natural vanilla bean and milk chocolate.
Has anyone else heard of this ice cream?
PumpkinBear at 9:26PM on 01/09/09
way!!!! does anyone not like ice cream? my regular favorite is mint chocolate chip. otherwise, for B&J, I love Willie Nelson's Peach Cobbler. When I get fresh ice cream at a farm stand, I tend to go bizarre or fruity.
blizcheetah at 10:31PM on 01/09/09
Ted Drewes frozen custard... chocolate sundae or chocolate chip concrete. Yes, it's a 2 mile drive, but unbeatable.
MoEats at 10:44PM on 01/09/09
WAY. Vanilla ice cream is my favorite.
However, if I had to pick between sorbet and ice cream, I'd pick sorbet. My favorite sorbet is Ciao Bella's blood orange.
Cassaendra at 11:00PM on 01/09/09
Oh yeah, no toppings/additions here -- not unless I'm in a funky mood and want strawberry shortcake folded into sweet cream ice cream at Coldstone Creamery.
I do like fresh waffle cones, but I'm a disaster when it comes to eating ice cream off a cone that I don't risk it, and use a cup...for everyone's safety.
Cassaendra at 11:02PM on 01/09/09
As much as I like ice cream (and cheese. Oh the cheese!), dairy products do not like me back. But when I do have ice cream (with lactaid. lots of of it) I usually reach for anything coffee flavoured, with sugar cones crumbled on top of it. MNNNN!
Honestly though, I'd rather have sorbet. I live very close to my favorite frozen custard shop - The Dairy Godmother - and they carry the most fantastic sorbet flavours. Pineapple cilanto, strawberry balsamic, lemon lavender are my favorites.
lorelei76 at 11:15PM on 01/09/09
I love coffee ice cream best. Breyer's is good flavored and seems lighter than the real creamy top of the line brands.
Blue Iris at 12:31AM on 01/10/09
We have Blue Bell ice cream around here. My fav is Homemade Vanilla--mmmmm. About 10 years ago we were travelling in Texas and stopped at their ice cream plant and you could get all these samples, OMG it was great! I think I like Blue Bell best because it isn't overtly creamy--I don't like Haagen Daaz for that reason. I grew up eating something called mellorine (which I guess is akin to low-fat ice milk?) and never developed a taste for really creamy ice creams.
gourmetgal at 12:47AM on 01/10/09
WAAAAAY, and the best-est one of them all is pistachio ice cream!!! (@Heart - stop laughing! stop, I'm telling ya!)
If for some incomprehensible reason, pistachio ice cream is not available, I'll settle for one of the following: dulce de leche, Baileys, salted caramel, creme brulee, mocha and almost anything with nuts. One thing though - no fruit ice cream for me, ever.
brooke29 at 12:50AM on 01/10/09
I'm sure this probably means that there is something seriously wrong with me... but I really don't care for ice cream. I know, I know... shocking! As a child I loved it, but I lost my liking for it years ago. And no, I am certainly NOT saying that enjoying ice cream is "just for kids" or "childish" or anything of the sort... quite the contrary; I think it's amazing how many innovative ice cream/sherbet/sorbet flavors there are today, and many of those flavors are definitely targeted more toward the "adult palate" (e.g. olive oil, chili pepper, salted caramel, any of the wine or liqueur flavors... etc). It's fascinating what people come up with... although I'm sure some of the more unique and "out there" flavors actually work better than others when it comes to how they taste.
I honestly don't know why I lost my taste for ice cream... I almost wish I hadn't, since it is considered so abnormal to not like it!
Steen at 3:31AM on 01/10/09
I like almost all flavors of ice cream but my favorite is is Ben & Jerry's peanut butter and jelly ice cream and made into a milkshake with mounds of whipped cream on top. I also like strawberry shakes with mounds of whipped cream on top as well. I love to have a chewy gooey brownie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top then bananas, hot fudge poured over that and of course mounds of whipped cream and nuts.
pjracz10 at 5:34AM on 01/10/09
Ice cream is always fun and big treat, way!
But I don't eat a lot of it. Milky products in hot climates don't treat me so well.
I like French Vanilla -- straight up and plain. SO thinks I'm crazy. But I also am fond of a good pistachio.
In Hawai'i and the Southwest, they have Blue Bunny; it's decent for a commercial brand, one that you have no idea about regarding temperature variations during shipment and storage.
Best ice cream I ever ate was French Vanilla out of the home ice cream maker (at least for 24 hours, until my poor freezer storage technique turned the ice cream into a titanium brick that I used in building the patio; it's still there).
When I was little, ice cream cost a lot more than ice milk, so we got ice milk.
Though not to get off topic, nothing beats shave ice on a hot day.
TikiPundit at 7:32AM on 01/10/09
I'm have to be in the mood for ice cream as I don't crave it often. I did like Breyer's butter pecan & butter almond but that's before they started using guar gum-now I stay away...I had some of the best ice cream at the the Coronado Hotel in San Diego--similiar to Haagen Daz but way richer and creamier....( a little scoop will do) .Although, after reading the posted comments, I have to say I am craving at this very moment Gravel Road by Jeni's ice cream....something about the salty spicy sweetness that intrigues me ..have to check out that site--I want some now!!!! Although, not technically considered ice cream, I do love my plain frozen yogurt by 40 carrots in Bloomingdales....there's just something about it.....YUM!
Italiancupcake at 7:37AM on 01/10/09
@brooke29--you know, as soon as I clicked this thread, I though...gee...let me scroll down and see what flavor brooke posts ;) I can't resist asking if you have any preference for the 'green' shade of pistachio ice cream, or the kinds that tend to look more like vanilla, with a blend-in of the nuts.
As for my own relationship with ice cream--I tend to be quite manic depressive with it, either it's all I want to eat or am totally 'off it.' I'm also one of those people who can't eat it in the winter.
I've been 'off' for about two years now--no major 'obsession' right now however, I can remember as a kid going through phases of vanilla with chocolate sprinkles, black and white parfaits in restaurants, a multitude of Carvel cakes, Haagen Daz peanut butter and vanilla, and a sad Tasti-d-Lite phase in my 20s. And @LunaPierCook's post reminds me--Butterfinger swirl-ins were all the rage, a long time ago during the Bart Simpson "Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger" campaign.
HeartofGlass at 8:14AM on 01/10/09
I like good ice cream; if it's just OK I will probably leave it. Chocolate Mint Chip from 31 flavors (or does anyone else remember the Thrifty Drug Stores ice cream counter?) chocolate anywhere else.
cowprintrabbit at 10:07AM on 01/10/09
@Heart - that's actually a very good question! Ideally, it's a very, very light green, but not exactly like vanilla though - it has to be green-ish, but not too green. Friendly's pistachio ice cream (which is very good, by the way) is probably as green as I find acceptable. Very bright greens just look extremely unnatural to me. Plus, I've found that in many cases excess colour tends to be an attempt to make up for a less-than-stellar flavour (and it always fails miserably, too) - I can almost taste the colour (huh, reminds me of someone who sees flavour), and I want to taste pistachios in my pistachio ice cream! And while we're at it - my perfect bowl of pistachio ice cream is topped with salted pistachios:-).
I do not believe I just wrote all this! I need to tone down the crazy...asap.
brooke29 at 11:09AM on 01/10/09
I adore Hank's vanilla frozen custard in Conneaut, PA. But I have a rather pedestrian guilty pleasure: Choco-Tacos. I think they're made by Good Humor. I have to steer clear of convenience stores because they all have that freezer near the register with all the ice cream treats. I can't pass one without grabbing my 'taco'.
Josdean at 12:39PM on 01/10/09
@TikiPundit: Oooh, yes, nothing beats shave ice any time of year, at least in Hawaii! I love mine with taro and/or azuki on the bottom, Lilikoi and random other flavoring, with condensed milk on top. GAH! THAT is something I cannot get but yearly, when I visit home. :(...
Cassaendra at 12:39PM on 01/10/09
@brooke29--that doesn't sound crazy at all, I haven't had a lot of pistachio ice cream (it's never been one of my 'primary' flavors) but when I have, I've noticed a huge variation in quality--and yes, usually the more obviously dyed the ice cream, the more off the taste. Actually, with quite a lot of food where I'm familiar with good/not good versions and there is quite a bit variation in quality I'm almost certain I know what it will taste like, simply from eyeballing it--not just the presentation, but noting the color and the texture.
HeartofGlass at 12:51PM on 01/10/09
I love love love spumoni and also mint chocolate chip. I think Breyer's, Perry's and Edy's are the best quality for the price. Not technically ice cream, but sherbets are awesome too.
yankeesgal at 1:05PM on 01/10/09
I definitely scream for ice cream. Sad thing is, I honestly don't buy it that much, since I have little self-control over it, and would eat way too much too often. When I do splurge though, it has to be B&J or Publix brand. I realize Publix is only in the south, but if you can get your hands on it, it is sooooo good. Someone once told me that Publix used to be a dairy before becoming a grocery store, so that's why. Flavor-wise, my favorites are mint chocolate chip, strawberry cheesecake, espresso/cappucino/coffee, and peanut butter anything. And I loved B&J's Oatmeal Cookie Chunk, but they discontinued it. If I'm going out, it has to be Maggie Moo's (marble slab - also only in the South, I believe), where I get either sweet cream or cake batter with usually either brownie chunks or peanut butter cup chunks. And now, I really want some ice cream.
kimberlymac at 3:52PM on 01/10/09
I must be a real oddity here: I don't like ice cream. I'll occasionally indulge in a bit of gelato - particularly if it's the olive oil gelato from Otto in Manhattan :) - but that's about it.
peyotetheatre at 4:19PM on 01/10/09
Went to 31 flavors tonight after finding coupons on the kitchen drawer and had a scoop of World Class Chocolate. Still my favorite after all these years. Mint Chip is a close second.
And, I do remember getting ice cream at Thrifty- their mint chip was the best!
mcanna at 10:55PM on 01/10/09
I'm not a huge ice cream fan myself. Now a frozen fruit bar or italian ice is another sroty. I can't get enough of the stuff. If I'm going to eat ice cream though it's usually in a turtle sundae.
LizSherman at 9:31AM on 01/11/09
The best icecream I've ever had was in Paris in 1986. Just a little scoop of coconut icecream in a tiny sugar cone. A bite of heaven from a street cart outside a cafe.
dhorst at 10:20AM on 01/11/09
i imagine that a no way answer to this one would be about as rare as a meat eater voting no way for bacon. clearly way for me....
sloppy at 12:52PM on 01/12/09
Tough one for me. I've never been a real ice cream lover. Tastes good on occasion. But then - I discovered pumpkin ice cream and fell in love. My local mini-mart had some recently and I was so excited. Next thing you know, I discovered I'm lactose intolerant. Maybe that's why I never drank much milk either. I had to toss the pumpkin ice cream.
PerkyMac at 1:04PM on 01/12/09
Ice cream is my ruination. I can never lose weight because my serving size is one pint (or more). My favorite brands are LaSalle and Sadutto -- both not easy to find, but I know where to get them in New York. I prefer the Sadutto stand in the South Street Seaport over Haagan Daaz. LaSalle Vanilla can't be beat, and the cherry vanilla is to die for.
SavtaShayna at 2:54PM on 01/12/09